The Uncontainable Life of God
The life of faith is about being broken open so that life may happen, relating to Jesus not as a distant figure setting a good example but as someone whose life and fire is kindled in us, so that for the world to see us who believe and struggle is to see Jesus. And that claim is as bold, as unlikely and as embarrassing in the twenty-first century as it has ever been. Christians are Christians not because everything is clear, not because we know exactly what we ought to do, when and how, and because (as it is so often said) we have all the right answers to the questions that no one is asking. No: Christians are Christians because they sense that God’s own life, broken, shared and buried has proved to be uncontainable. It has spread out, kindled and renewed lives the world over.
From Rowan Williams’ sermon at St-Martin-in-the-Fields delivered on April 28, 2008.
nice post
So then perhaps the Church is the Church as it “celebrates” this mystery, this story of God. Perhaps celebrating is how communities communicate to each other and to others that they are sensing something integral to their understanding and life.
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May 15, 2008 at 2:11 pm